Word: shermans
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...outlines of "The Nutty Professor" go back to our old pal(s) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and, more specifically, the Jerry Lewis classic by the same name. In this version, however, the professor, Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy, thanks to seamless makeup) consumes a formula that cures both the excessive frumpiness and (in a twist on the original film) lumpiness that he believes might hamper his success with an attractive young grad student (Jada Pinkett). The new Klump, under the alias Buddy Love, proves devious and reckless in his pursuits, threatening the research money sought so assiduously by the unctuously...
...chronic illness. I have been able to turn a lengthy medical treatment with severe side effects into a time of spiritual growth. My dream is for my health insurance to pay for a one-week stay at Chopra's new healing center in La Jolla, California. JOSEFINA RUIZ Sherman Oaks, California Via E-mail
Once upon a more recent time, a 400-lb. biochemist named Sherman Klump confronted the opposite problem. He wanted to shrink and have sculpted pecs, or anyway be hot and hip--sort of like, well, Eddie Murphy on speed--and after a little genetic engineering, he realized that somewhat less woeful wish. Thus was a remake, central to the hope of restoring Murphy to the core of our comic consciousness, born...
...programming as a way of differentiating themselves from the bigger, established players in the TV game. In a classic case of counterprogramming, the two mininetworks will between them air 11 ethnic-themed shows in the fall--nearly twice the big-network total. Some of them star familiar names like Sherman Hemsley, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Robin Givens. One, UPN's Homeboys in Outer Space, is a must-see for the high-concept title alone. Some are refugees from the Big Four: Moesha, an urban sitcom starring teen singer Brandy Norwood, was developed for CBS, but after the network passed...
...accused Unabomber on the cover of TIME and not the brother, David, who solved the 18-year mystery, agonized over turning in his brother to the authorities, and whose life will never be the same? RENEE B. LONNER Sherman Oaks, California